Why are they called "worlds", and not "towns"?

I agree, although the vampire "world" wasn't even a town. Saluni came close to more of a country.

The actual world's, though- like Realm of Magic- are so small, it's ridiculous.

I suspect because they were in earlier games, where they were completely separate and you couldn't travel from one to another. But it's inaccurate in 4 I agree.

It's an artifact from the Sims 3, which similarly used the term "world".

Admittedly, it made a little more sense there since you couldn't really travel to different towns/cities, whereas in this game the only barrier between a Willow Creek Sim and a day at the beach in Sulani is whether or not you have Island Living.

Sims 4 has always been critizised of being too small so they use words which imply that it is big to counter that.

"KingofSims;d-1001389" wrote:
Willow Creek, for example, is obviously a town. As well as Windenburg or Brindleton Bay, whereas San Myshuno is more of a city. In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. In real life, nobody would say that Los Angeles is a "world". It's probably such an insignificant thing to think about it, but meh.

In the Sims 3, it was called worlds because where you lived was your world unless you went on vacation. Towards the end they did fix it a little. Before Sims 4 ever came out, they said that they were calling them hoods, but simmers wouldn't do it and so everyone calls them worlds. I liked the idea of hoods/towns ect. better because it is more realistic especially since we can travel to them like towns unlike the other Sims type games from the past.

"Gamer_34567544;c-18149408" wrote:
I agree, although the vampire "world" wasn't even a town. Saluni came close to more of a country.

The actual world's, though- like Realm of Magic- are so small, it's ridiculous.

"Darren;c-18149421" wrote:
Sims 4 has always been critizised of being too small so they use words which imply that it is big to counter that.

Compared to what we had in the Sims 3, they are a fourth of a world.

It's so annoying and inconsistent with the earlier games in the franchise. I wish they were called "neighborhoods" and that they are like puzzle pieces that fit together to make one world

They'll never be "worlds" in my mind, they are just towns.
The tiny "world" size in this game is what kept me playing Sims3 for a very long time. But one thing Sims 4 always had in it's favour is the travelling ability between towns, eventually after parting with a considerable sum you end up with a huge "world". In my head they're all interconnected and collectively make up a decent area.
But they are not worlds.

"Scrapdash;c-18149467" wrote:
They'll never be "worlds" in my mind, they are just towns.
The tiny "world" size in this game is what kept me playing Sims3 for a very long time. But one thing Sims 4 always had in it's favour is the travelling ability between towns, eventually after parting with a considerable sum you end up with a huge "world". In my head they're all interconnected and collectively make up a decent area.
But they are not worlds.

Even if they were interconnected... will all of that ever compare to the realms of TS3? I doubt it.

If they're supposed to just be one big world, then draw it up as one big world, rather than these tiny towns, and let us explore it by car, bus, broom, bat wings, massive paws, etc.

@Gamer_34567544 No they don't compare, my favourite "worlds" will always be Moonlight Falls and Roaring Heights. When my sims were there I never felt the need to travel. San Myshuno makes me angry to this day. It is not a city, it's a collection of tiny areas with painted in backdrop.
That's what I meant by after spending a considerable sum. Eventually you end up with an area you could call a world.